The competition was fierce, but the scarf name poll had one clear winner, one that I happen to like quite a bit: cirrus. Like the cirrus clouds the scarf is light and fluffy. There’s one picture in particular on Wikipedia that’s perfect. It shows cirrus clouds behind the Golden Gate Bridge—the clouds wave back and […]

The socks are done
I’m not actually sure how to count this. In the end there are two finished socks. But along the way I knit three of them. I don’t know if you recall, but originally I knit the first sock with needles a size too big. Don’t ask. I have no idea why I […]

Amidst a flurry of activity, I released the market/string bag pattern yesterday, To Market.

The plan was to sell the pattern for a mere $5.00, but after looking into it, poking around on Ravelry, I decided that no one would ever make it, if I tried to sell it. There are just too many free […]

The knitting is done. I’ve proclaimed that the felting is done. Now it just needs to finish drying. The outside of the bag seems dry, but the inside is still quite wet. Yes, that is a definite stripe a bit under the handles. When I bought this yarn, years ago, I told the company I […]

Decision made. I’m not going to submit this sweater pattern anywhere. There’s a little something else I have in mind that I think I will submit… So, you get to see what I knit last week! Yup. The basic design plan, and all the knitting for my sample sweater took ten days—including weaving in the […]

I’m being a bit lazy at the moment. I’m not going to upload all the pictures I have so that you can view them in my blog. You’ll just have to go over to the In the Woods pattern page in my shop to see them. There are lots.

Pattern: In the Woods, of my […]

I liked knitting the Tenaya mitts so much that I decided another pair was in order. I was having so much fun knitting the last pair of socks, that I thought matching mitts would be just the thing. A new pattern was born—Sugar Push—and is currently being test knit by the lovely Jocelyn. They knit […]

My wonderful test knitters, Kristie and Kathryn, declared that the pattern is done, so I released it this morning. It’s available for sale on the pattern page, and here on Ravelry.

Yarn: Zephyr Wool-Silk, Plum, 775 yards.
Beads: Size 8/0 seed beads, 10 grams, inside purple.
Needles & hooks: US size 5 (3.75 mm) circulars. Size 14 crochet hook for attaching beads. Crochet hook for provisional cast on.
Gauge: Haven’t figured out the gauge yet.
Finished size: Hm. I still need to measure it, too. It’s about 72 x 36.
Notes: […]

The shawl for Karen is done. Blocked and everything. It’s huge. But then, I wanted it to be. It’s a full 88 inches across, and 43 inches high. Karen will look elegant dressed in black and wrapped in this shawl that glistens and twinkles when the light hits it; the beads will sparkle in candlelight. […]